Greens recruit international allies against Shell in Castle
by Tom Babin

Class size study called irrelevant in wake of layoffs
by Tom Babin

Electricity prices (and other news notes)
by Tom Babin

VIEWPOINT

Free trade means freedom from poverty
Part on e of the story of Earnest the Capitalist Hero: A North American dream
By Hamish MacAulay

The first casualty is truth
Lies, lies and more lies — wars help fuel Iraqi resentment of U.S.
By Wayne Malcolm

SCIENCE MATTERS

Blackout proves need for conservation
by Stephen W. Smith

FOOD

La Tavola takes chances with fresh, appealing menu
By Miles Pittman

BOOZE

Enjoy the thrill of breaking the law
Bavarian Purity Law is no guarantee of great beer, as outlaws can attest
By Don Tse

GOOD LISTENER

Lasers? We don’t need no stinkin’ lasers!
Mexican fireworks team dogged by pro-American bias and cheese sandwiches
By Ian Doig

BOOKS

Plucky Dorkboy refuses to die
Calgary comic artist among those carrying on zine tradition in cyberspace
By Wes Lafortune

In the spirit of W.O
Love of the Prairies shines through Grasslands
reviewed by FFWD Staff

Bookends
Vanquish your fellow authors — win a fall writing contest
by Harry Vandervlist

MUSIC

Vanguards of economy
Scene veterans The Von Zippers release their crime without compromise
By Jane McCullough

Ramblin’ down that musical road
Brent Cooper’s new band revisits 50 bucks and a case of beer
By Mary-Lynn McEwen

Corporate Bohemia
The line between selling out and moving up
By Michael White

Taking Care of business
Using the Internet to its fullest is making a local band one hot prospect
By Lenore Hume

Who are you calling a hack?
Back from hiatus, Captain Tractor still make high-energy music
By Kenna Burima

Musical democracy
Strung Out brings the power to the people
By Christine Leonard

Labour day throwdown
By Rob Faust

Helping Hands
Calgary artists come together to benefit musician
By Mary-Lynn McEwen

Greatest hits collection as product tie-in
Reissues celebrate record label milestones and so-called Canadian idols
By Jennifer Abel

RECORD REVIEWS

Heck goes global
Cibelle’s Cibelle and Juana Molina’s Segundo
reviewed by Timothy Heck
The New Amsterdams’s Worse for Wear reviewed by Jason Lewis
Million Dollar Marxists’s Million Dollar Marxists EP
reviewed by Jennifer Abel
The Bouncing Souls’s Anchors Aweigh
reviewed by Christine Leonard
Pansy Division’s Total Entertainment
reviewed by Jennifer Abel

VISUAL ARTS

A little bit of history repeating
Fusing pop culture and memory to take a new look at old stories
By Sandra Vida

THEATRE

Where the American Buffalo roam
Ground Zero gets serious with revival of David Mamet’s gritty classic
By Martin Morrow

Building to a climax
Vertigo Mystery Theatre is on track to give Calgary a new arts venue this fall
By Wes Lafortune

The pick of the crop
A critic’s guide to the juiciest theatrical offerings of the 2003-2004 season
By Martin Morrow

2003- 200 Theatre Season
By FFWD Staff

A night for the opera
Premiere production of Filumena walks off with four Betty awards
By Martin Morrow

OPERA

Demon barber runs amok
Sweeney Todd lurking in Calgary Opera season
By Alison Mayes

FILM

Who is Harvey Pekar?
American Splendor tears down the wall between documentary and drama
By Jason Lewis

Two weekends in Autumn
Calgary International Film Festival brings in more films over more days
By Jaime Frederick

Can’t we just fight?
The Medallion is unabashedly all about stunts
By Julie Pithers

VIDEO

The band with the movie camera
The Cinematic Orchestra raises its cool quotient at the expense of Dziga Vertov
by Jaime Frederick

VIDEO VULTURE

Just because you can’t find it, doesn’t mean that it isn’t out there
by John Tebbutt